Stock falls: Draft analysts say losses in Ball State's final two games -- by a combined score of 87-37 -- have hurt QB Nate Davis.

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Jeff Rabjohns
jeff.rabjohns@indystar.com

Saturday could be a long day for football players from Indiana who dream of playing in the NFL. By the time the first two rounds of the NFL draft conclude, it's possible no player from a state college or high school will have been selected.

While the state isn't traditionally a major producer of NFL talent, only twice in the past 10 NFL drafts has no one from an Indiana college gone in the first or second round.

Last year, five players with state ties went in the first two rounds, led by Dustin Keller, the Purdue tight end who went 30th to the New York Jets. ...